Mar 1, 2013 | A Gardening Life, Life's Gardens, my gardens
A Gardening Life – March 1 For those of you who check into Whole Life Gardening frequently, I apologize. I try to update this blog at least three times a week if not more frequently, but occasionally a longer stretch of time goes by. Despite our best intentions...
Feb 14, 2013 | A Gardening Life, my gardens, You Can Grow That!
A Gardening Life – February 14 During our last snow storm I discovered why a bit of neglect might be a good thing: I inadvertently created a place of protection for the birds. A refuge for wildlife in the winter? You can grow that! During our last snow storm I...
Feb 11, 2013 | A Gardening Life, plants I love, What's for dinner?
The Gardening Life – February 11 If you are a gardener, one of the joys of winter can be picked off of an indoor citrus tree. Large, round, fragrant Meyer lemons are waiting to be harvested in my kitchen right now and I’ll have several more ripening over the...
Feb 7, 2013 | A Gardening Life, plants I love
A Gardening Life – February 7th It’s off that I never came across hardy hibiscus early in my gardening years. Strange given how showy, reliable, and easy this perennial is. There weren’t as many varieties of Hibiscus moscheutos around then, but...
Feb 1, 2013 | A Gardening Life, Another Polular Misconception, my gardens
A Gardening Life – February 1 Every day I see garden pictures posted on Facebook and Pinterest that are super-saturated and colorful. Many of them are beautiful or entertaining, but they lie to us…twice. First because they are often given titles, or included in...
Jan 27, 2013 | A Gardening Life, Plant Something!
A Gardening Life – January 27 My friend John Sullivan made this video for Plant Something Massachusetts. Set to a very hummable song written by Andy Rapo, the purpose of the project is to promote plants and gardening. A noble goal, wouldn’t you agree? When John...
